Federal Aviation Administration: Challenges in Modernizing the Agency

Abstract

FAA's efforts to implement initiatives in five key areas-air traffic control modernization, procurement and personnel reform, aviation safety, aviation and computer security, and financial management-have met with limited success. For example, FAA has established an acquisition management system to reduce the time and cost of fielding new products and services. However, in many of the five areas, FAA has frequently not developed comprehensive plans, thus underestimating the complexity involved in developing new systems, and has often not adequately overseen the development and implementation of these systems. As a result, although progress has been made in each of these areas, cost overruns, delays, and/or performance shortfalls have occurred.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 03, 2000
Accession Number
ADA373367

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Air Transportation
  • Aviation Safety
  • Control Systems
  • Cybersecurity
  • Employment
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Public Administration
  • Safety
  • Standards
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management

Technology Areas

  • Cyber